Farm Worker

H2ajobs; Deshler (NE); On-site; USD 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-provided housing

Employer-provided meals

Transportation to town

Job summary

H2ajobs in Nebraska is seeking farm laborers to assist in planting, harvesting, and handling crops from March to December. Duties include loading/unloading, operating tractors, combines, conveyors, and irrigation equipment, and maintaining machinery.

The job involves outdoor work in varied weather and weights up to 75 pounds; employer-provided housing, meals, and weekly transportation are available to workers.

Responsibilities

• Load and unload crops or materials using conveyors, hand trucks, forklifts, or transfer augers.
• Operate tractors, combines, and irrigation equipment; tend equipment in agricultural production.
• Plant, weed, harvest, and store grain crops; load hoppers and conveyors to feed machines.
• Perform routine maintenance and notify supervisors of malfunctions.

Tools

Tractors

Combines

Forklifts

Irrigation equipment

Job description

Job Description: The worker will perform job duties assigned by the supervisor. They will vary from time to time depending on crop ripening and weather. The harvesting and packing of said crops are temporary and will last from March to December

• Manually load and unload crops or containers of materials or use conveyors, hand trucks, forklifts, or transfer augers.
• Mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into planter or sprayer machinery. Observe and listen to machinery operations to detect equipment malfunctions.
• Manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust machinery mechanisms. Operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production, such as tractors, combines, and irrigation equipment.
• Adjust, repair, and service farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions.
• Attach farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, or harvesters to tractors, using bolts and hand tools.
• Load hoppers, containers, or conveyors to feed machines with products using forklifts, transfer augers, suction gates, shovels, or pitchforks.
• Participate in planting, weeding, or harvesting activities. Operate towed machines such as seed drills or
• manure spreaders to plant, fertilize, dust, and spray crops.
• Drive trucks to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farm workers.
• Drive and operate farm machinery to plant, cultivate, harvest, and store grain crops.
• Attach farm implements, such as plow, disc, and drill, to the tractor.
• Till soil, plant, and cultivate grain. Tow harvesting equipment.
• Drive and operate a self-propelled combine.

Physical Requirements:

Workers at may be required to handle products weighing up to 75 pounds and lift to a height of 5 feet. The job involves working on their feet in bent positions for long periods, repetitive movements, and extensive walking, stooping, and bending over. Work is required in fields when plants are wet with dew and rain and may be required during light rain, snow, moderate winds, direct sun, high humidity, and extreme temperatures. Temperatures in fields during working hours can range from 10 to over 100 degrees F. Workers may be required to work during occasional showers not severe enough to stop field operations. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honeybees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker's job.

Housing:

Employer-provided (including mobile or range)

Meals:

The housing unit is fully furnished and has a full-size kitchen with a stove, cooktop, and refrigerator. Eating and prep utensils are provided, etc. Employer-provided housing includes free and convenient kitchen facilities with appropriate equipment, appliances, cooking accessories, and dishwashing facilities for meal preparation. For workers residing in employer-provided housing, the employer also provides free transportation once per week to/from town. The employer will transport workers without a valid driver's license to/from the grocery store to purchase their food and any other supplies any time they wish to shop outside of duty hours

Transport:

INBOUND TRANSPORTATION: H2A and US Workers will be provided inbound transportation from their home country and/or US city in which they live in the most convenient and timely mode for the Employer. The Employer will arrange for the H2A or US worker's travel ticket. If the Employer does not pre-pay, the Employer will reimburse the H2A or US worker upon or before the completion of 50% of the stated contracted dates of need.

Experience wanted:

2 months

Work Rules

1. Per the DOL, the Employer will reimburse the Worker for inbound travel, sustenance, or other DOL-allowable expenses only upon the Worker completing 50% of the contract.

2. Workers must perform their assigned work carefully and work in accordance with the provisions of the work contract. Sloppy work will not be tolerated.

3. Workers must report at the assigned time and place each workday as directed by the Employer or Employers representatives.

4. Workers may not take unauthorized breaks from work. Should the Worker need a break, he/she will immediately contact the Employer or Employers representative.

5. Workers may not leave an assigned work area without the permission of the Employer or Employers representative.

6. Workers may not enter the Employer's premises without authorization.

7. Workers may not begin work before the scheduled starting time or continue working after the stopping time unless authorized by the Employer/Employers representative